Can life get any better for Catherine Zeta-Jones?
She talks to John Hiscock Catherine Zeta-Jones looks back on the past few months and sighs with quiet satisfaction. “It’s been quite a year, I must say,” she says. If anything, it is a bit of an understatement. A quick tally shows that within six months the Welsh-born actress has won an Oscar, had a baby, appeared with George Clooney in a romantic comedy and signed to star in a film for Steven Spielberg. “It was a really special year and probably one that will be hard to beat,” she acknowledges. “It wasn’t until a few months ago that I passed the Oscar in my office and thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t believe that happened.’ And then I look in the crib and see my little girl and think what a crazy, wacky, fabulous year.” There was also the drama of that highly-publicised lawsuit in which she and her husband Michael Douglas accused Hello! magazine of publishing unauthorised photographs of their wedding. The case lasted six weeks, cost 3 million and ended with both sides claiming victory. B
